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Her Story
Michelle Pearson is a young woman from Coventry with a remarkable story to tell.
At just 14 years old she became a mother to a beautiful baby girl. This would change her life more then she could ever imagination.
She battled with negative views from strangers, loved ones and professionals by taking pride in her family, continuing her education, and allowing herself to dream of a better life for herself and her daughter.
Discrimination and a lack of opportunities for young people quickly became her passion and by volunteering her time for the Coventry Young Parents Forum she found a stage to stand on, be counted and to make a change for future generations.
She worked jobs to pay the rent while studying in the evening and caring for her family, completed an Access course and was excepted into University, where she has completed two years of a part time Criminology Degree.
Michelle is now seeking opportunities to work with those people she will fight for, those people not many others will understand, in order to make sure they have the best start to life as an adult.
She has worked with young parents, young offenders and in sexual health, making the most of the opportunities for training and setting glowing examples.
This young women is a true inspiration to any young person who is finding life hard and who feels that they do not have what it takes to succeed.
Music
Biffy Clyro, Kate Nash, Kanye West, Amy Winehouse, The Fratellis, Head Automatica, The Hoosiers, Jamiroquai, Kings of Leon, Linkin Park, Mark Ronson, Supergrass, Robots in Disguise, Faithless, The Killers, Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Robots In Disguise, Prodigy, Incubus, Nirvana, Funeral For A Friend, Hundred Reasons, Gym Class Heroes, Distillers, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Pendulum, Bullet, Muse, Blur, The Streets, Placebo, Alien Ant farm, No doubt, ... and more!
Guest Appearances and Futher Information
Use the link above to connect Michelle or email her at m.pearson84@google.com
Young Parent Forum
Michelle is an active member of this Coventry based forum. The group meet once a month to tackle issues relating to teenage pregnancy. Recent actions by the attendees have been to review baby-changing and feeding facilities. They now plan to help develop a housing bond scheme for private rental properties.
Parents That Care
Parents That Care is an other group Michelle has attended for some time in 2007. Michelle completed a course about 'Drug Abuse by Young People' and a parenting course. She attended also outings as part of this group to The Think Tank Museum and to the Coventry's Belgrade Theatre.
Confidence Building
In 2005 Michelle attended a 4-day residential to develop her leadership, and team building skills. Michelle's comfort zones were stretched and her confidence in many areas was increased.
Every Child Matters
Michelle put together an informative talk on the issues concerning young motherhood. This was recorded and then shown at the 2005 Every Child Matters Conference.
Public Speaking and Presentations
Michelle has talked at different local events including annal Young Parent Achievement events in her local area. She has delivered presentations to secure funding for new and ongoing projects and to encourage the creation of new services. Michelle often receives reports that her talks have been emotional, eye-opening and informative.